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Overview
- Small-scale CDD programs in 1953 suggested by UN Commission for the Unification & Rehabilitation of Korea - National Reconstruction Movement in 1961 - Six-Year Rural Development Plan (1966-1971) in 1965
Launch of the SU Movement - Park Chung Hee speech on April 22, 1970
How to Overcome
- To overcome endemic rural poverty - Integrated development: conscious reform with economic incentive
Theoretical Concept
- Community-driven socio-economic campaign vs. government-driven political mass mobilization - The SU, not included in the FYEDPs during the 1970s
Organizer
- Saemaul leaders from both gender
Self-Reliant
Self-Help
10,000
5,000 0 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Basic
Master Consciousness
- Volunteerism - Urban SU movement
Vision-Oriented Life
- From defeatism to hope - Saemaul spirit of diligence, self-help, & cooperation
[Anti-gambling campaign]
Civic Society
- Village General Meeting vs. Village Development Committee - Active participation of Saemaul leaders at Saemaul Promotion Council of town and county levels.
Excellent Bureaucracy
- Elite civil servants leadership - Incentive for the Saemaul officers
Educated Mass
- Illiteracy abolished & higher education - Role of educated women
Ideological guidance
- Saemaul Spirit training - Public education
250 200 150 100 50 0 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Loan (NA/FCF) Self-Support
Community Financing
Environmental Sustainability
- Resource recycling - Climate change policy